1 census tracts · pop 5,275 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Butler-Tarkington is a one-tract neighborhood of Indianapolis, IN and houses 5,275 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. 55% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
63% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Indianapolis rate of 30.4%. Average gross rent is $1,906, 65% above the Indianapolis average of $1,156.
The voucher gap is 48.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 9.9/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.
The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 4.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 9.4% of adults, 8.4 points below the national rate. That places it #62 of 76 neighborhoods in Indianapolis. At 22% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Wanamaker and Woodstock score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Butler-Tarkington vs IndianapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport12%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Butler-Tarkington
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
40Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly observed
0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
1.90×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis, IN).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Butler-Tarkington
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.2%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
5.4%No health insurance
22.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Butler-Tarkington
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Butler-Tarkington?
Butler-Tarkington scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Butler-Tarkington compare to Indianapolis overall?
Butler-Tarkington scores 1.0 points lower than Indianapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,906 vs $1,156.
Q3
What is the average rent in Butler-Tarkington?
Average gross rent in Butler-Tarkington is $1,906/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Butler-Tarkington residents are renters?
22% of Butler-Tarkington households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Indianapolis). The neighborhood has 5,275 residents.
Q5
Is Butler-Tarkington a high social-vulnerability area?
Butler-Tarkington sits in the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Butler-Tarkington for landlords?
Butler-Tarkington carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Indianapolis as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Butler-Tarkington?
Butler-Tarkington has 5,287 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
